CarpyCov84
New Member
Just seen this from Coventry City's Facebook status update...
Preston Haskell at the Council yesterday ? (5 Viewers)
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Houchens Head
Fairly well known member from Malvern
Looking for a council house to live in? Maybe he's skint?
Broken Hearted Sky Blue
Well-Known Member
Sell it to him call Sisus bluff
sky blue zam
Member
quite possibly, im going to take mine down the road next week and maybe just maybe they will end up outside my house, lol
CarpyCov84
New Member
Reading the status seems a few people spotted him with Joe Elliot around the City
dongonzalos
Well-Known Member
Nuneaton? ..........
sky blue john
Well-Known Member
The scenario i am seeing to be unfolding now !!!
The council approve Haskell and don't mind selling the Ricoh or part of in some capacity.
But Sisu are looking to sell ccfc to Byng !!!
The council approve Haskell and don't mind selling the Ricoh or part of in some capacity.
But Sisu are looking to sell ccfc to Byng !!!
AFCCOVENTRY
Well-Known Member
@NSinclaireMEP: So Preston Haskell IV was at the Council yesterday, while the Council/ACL refused a meeting with decision makers at #CCFC #PUSB
torchomatic
Well-Known Member
She's got a point. Like it or not ACL have to talk to the people who run the club and who can bring it back.
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WillieStanley
New Member
This is it, though. It seems the Council are offering all their negotiations to the wrong people - refusing to acknowledge Fisher and Holdings at all. That way they can say "We offered this and that but it didn't happen" "We care" strap line.
Meanwhile I haven't a clue what Fisher and Holdings are doing to even get close to talking the deal out.
I've gone from numb to outrage.
olderskyblue
Well-Known Member
So, who offered a meeting then? and was Joy there? as she is the one and only decision maker from CCFC side. I do hope this wasn't the Ian Calvert meeting offer she's referring to....
oldskyblue58
CCFC Finance Director
Can I ask was Joy Seppala at the meeting with Ms Sinclaire because unless she was the reality is no CCFC decision maker was at that meeting
Perhaps the reason ACL/Council were not there was they saw no merit in the format etc arranged at very short notice or even that meetings had been arranged on other matters for that day or other meetings were more important or even that perhaps there were meetings arranged with Haskell - who knows. Am fed up with all the posturing on both sides. I suspect it was thought ACL/council would not attend from the start and this is just more steps in PR by one party or another
Surely as a very interested party Haskell should have had an invite to the "stakeholders" meeting she went to - he has at least just as much interest in being there as say Byng, Haskell did actually manage to bid after all
We have enough problems without people scoring political tit for tat points
Perhaps the reason ACL/Council were not there was they saw no merit in the format etc arranged at very short notice or even that meetings had been arranged on other matters for that day or other meetings were more important or even that perhaps there were meetings arranged with Haskell - who knows. Am fed up with all the posturing on both sides. I suspect it was thought ACL/council would not attend from the start and this is just more steps in PR by one party or another
Surely as a very interested party Haskell should have had an invite to the "stakeholders" meeting she went to - he has at least just as much interest in being there as say Byng, Haskell did actually manage to bid after all
We have enough problems without people scoring political tit for tat points
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sky_blue_up_north
Well-Known Member
At some point ALL the parties have to come together and talk, they may hate each, but talking is only way this will ever get resolved.
AFCCOVENTRY
Well-Known Member
Interesting that Haskell was in town and joe Elliott was there as well.
Will acl to a deal with Haskell and take it from there.
Although i can't see Sisu being happy with this as they want at least part ownership of the Ricoh if not all of it.
Can't see where this is going.
Will acl to a deal with Haskell and take it from there.
Although i can't see Sisu being happy with this as they want at least part ownership of the Ricoh if not all of it.
Can't see where this is going.
oldskyblue58
CCFC Finance Director
agreed but it should be the parties with the power to make the decisions....... including a former player, a MEP, a CT reporter, radio reporters, a tv reporter, a twitter publist etc is not adding to the solution it will just cloud things even further. Those peripheral characters are not decision makers they are just noise imo
Sub
Well-Known Member
Bill Glazier
Active Member
Is it just me, but how do we know Haskell 4th won't be Seppala 2nd?
skybluelee
Well-Known Member
I'd take the risk on Paddington Bear if he made an offer. NOBODY could make a bigger fuck up of running a football club than Joy and her crew.
Houchens Head
Fairly well known member from Malvern
Never seem to see Joy and PH4 together?? Hmmmmmmmm........ :thinking about:
Bit of a drag.....
Bit of a drag.....
Thats if they want to bring it back.?.They're more interested in looking after the ricoh than who actually plays there
Why wouldnt they want it back? It's their best customer.
deanocity3
New Member
yes, without us, what other high profile events will be on,2 concerts a year.
At least it would get a mention every week if we were there.
CarpyCov84
New Member
It's only a matter ot time before the Hotel,Casino,sponsors etc pull out
oldskyblue58
CCFC Finance Director
why would that be the case?
Yes it was,and Timmy wasn't their either
SkyblueBazza
Well-Known Member
That's not strictly true. Maybe the meetings clashed & PH4 had already been scheduled in? Maybe they feel the Anne Lucas/Joy Seppala mtg was (/will be?) enough? Maybe the CCFC decision-makers have declined mtgs already & the Council feel the next step is not theirs in that particular relationship? Who knows...I just think that there are many cooks involved all with good intent...I simply hope that between them they can cook-up a real banquet rather than spoil the broth! Putting comments like that on twitter are potentially as divisive as those on this forum about "real fans" & "SISU-lovers".
Well if this news is true then I see this a positive. Firstly it would suggest that at least 1 other possible bidder is still interested. If Haskell was to buy a half share in ACL, it would be the start of ownership change that supporters have been calling for. It would presumably finally convince SISU that any hope of financially distressing ACL was over.
SISU would then be faced with a stark choice, either agree an acceptable return to the Ricoh, or carry on with the franchised club and then being forced to seriously commit to a new ground idea. Of course the other option would be sell up and leave. If Fisher were to carry on with his 5/6/7 year franchise plan, then I'm certain the clamour for a new Coventry based football team in Coventry would grow louder and louder. I remain optimistic that 1 way or other there will be a team representing this City, in the not too distance future.
SISU would then be faced with a stark choice, either agree an acceptable return to the Ricoh, or carry on with the franchised club and then being forced to seriously commit to a new ground idea. Of course the other option would be sell up and leave.
If Fisher were to carry on with his 5/6/7 year franchise plan, then I'm certain the clamour for a new Coventry based football team in Coventry would grow louder and louder. I remain optimistic that 1 way or other there will be a team representing this City, in the not too distance future.sky blue zam
Member
I see it as a positive that ph4 is always seen talking to joe Elliot. like him or not he does have ccfc interests at heart